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  • Taking stock

    This weekend was purpose built to be as calm as possible. No trips. No events. Just a time to hang out together, get some tasks done, and enjoy some much needed naps. That goes for all three of us. With a bit of breathing space, I made two stocks; a chicken and a beef. They…

  • The Royal Hare

    There is a restaurant in London called Fallow which have an immaculate social media presence. They’re essentially “open source” in terms of their recipes; everything they make they share the recipes AND film themselves doing so. I have learned a lot from them, and if the hype wasn’t so much, would very much like to…

  • Yarns

    I was stressed today preparing for an investor call. Not a future investor mind you, a current VC who had led Innovera’s seed round. This was one meeting I didn’t want to screw up. And I didn’t! Not because I was well prepared, I was, but because the guy on the line wanted to just…

  • Locked in

    Colorado has a few notable industries. It has historically been cowboy and mining country, and lately seen big gains in tourism and technology. But leave behind the Big Smoke and the resort towns, head a bit south, and you’ll find another big employer. Prisons. Fremont County is located two hours south of Denver, and has…

  • Man v Model Pt. 2

    Yesterday, I wrote about my Man v Model. The most interesting thing was running the results through Claude to see if it could identify the reasons why. Here are some of the highlights:

  • Tournam-end Pt. 1

    The World Cup is over. Spain were deserved winners, Argentina were embarrassed for the 120 minutes of the final, and even more so in the 120 seconds afterwards. As I wrote about HERE, I have been running my own mini-tournament, competing again Nate Silver’s Model and the aggregated betting odds. Here is how we finished:…

  • Fast

    The past few weeks haven’t been the healthiest. My sister was in town, we had Fourth of July, and then this past weekend we were away in the mountains for a long weekend. All this is great fun, but lends itself to more eating, drinking, snacking, etcetera. With the next four or so weeks much…

  • Entertainment

    Of the 100+ games that make up the World Cup, the most forgettable game is usually the third place play-off. Two teams that would much rather forget a harrowing semi-final loss by getting slizzard in an Ibiza club. Instead, you have to spend another week prepping for an essentially meaningless game. Grim. This year was…

  • Buena Vista

    We’re on our roadtrip back to Denver, after spending two night in Crested Butte. For those unfamiliar with the terrain, here is the map. Fairly close right? Especially as Aspen is less than two hours from Denver. Wrong. Mountains are a hell of an obstacle, and thus CB is 4.5 hours from our place. The…

  • Turnaround

    We drove out to Crested Butte, our favourite mountain town, to catch the wild flowers and see friends. It’s one of our favourite places in the world. The only issue is that it includes 4 hours of travel through windy mountain passes, and even those with the sturdiest of constitutions can find it taxing. For…